Thanks Mary, but I still didn't understand. typed in Lynn and it came up Lyon, Lind etc. So maybe it isn't surname friendly. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <carolann612@charter.net> To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Mary R. Frank" <mrfrank@uwm.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list > Here is another translation website for your genealogy information that is > written in a different language. We use it once in a while at our work > for our Hispanic employees. > > Carol in Rock County > > ---- "Mary R. Frank" <mrfrank@uwm.edu> wrote: >> Here is a good website for checking words and phrases (from German to >> English or vice versa): http://dict.leo.org/ >> Click on the "English Version" link that is a in the upper left corner >> (a couple lines below the little English and German flags). >> >> >> >> joe.sandy@comcast.net wrote: >> > THANK YOU JOHN, >> > I have been lost when I go into the German web sites. Can't speaka the >> > language. Very few give you the choice of English. >> > My g g grandmother Maria Lynn was born in Darmstadt, Germany and I >> > haven't a >> > clue as to how to find her there. Other than to hire a professional >> > (which I >> > can't afford). So have been piecing my Christ family together bit by >> > bit >> > since the 70's. Wonder if they have census's like ours there and if I >> > would >> > be wasting my time ordering one as it would of course be in German. >> > But have been wondering if Lynn had been changed from some German >> > version >> > and now I know that there were other spellings for it. >> > Sandy >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "John" <circlescape@gmail.com> >> > To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:09 AM >> > Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list >> > >> > >> > >> >> Hi Sandy- >> >> >> >> I don't have any credentials that would enable me to give you as >> >> accurate >> >> an >> >> answer as you'd like but maybe I can help a bit. >> >> >> >> I typed in the name LYNN and location Germany at familysearch.org, the >> >> Mormon Genealogy search site. The most common forms of the name that >> >> came >> >> back were; LINN, LIND, LINDE and LINDT. There were a couple instances >> >> of >> >> LYNN and LYNDE. >> >> >> >> Using the letter "I" in a surname spelling would be far more common >> >> than >> >> using the letter "Y". That is just my conclusion from many years of >> >> German >> >> family research. >> >> >> >> If you go to RootsWeb and check out their German Mail Lists, you will >> >> see >> >> some ideal groups to join where you may be better off joining and >> >> asking >> >> the >> >> same question. I see there is one such group named German Surnames. >> >> That >> >> looks like it would be a great start. >> >> >> >> If you do find out anything interesting, would you please share it? >> >> I'd be >> >> interested in hearing what you may learn. >> >> >> >> SISU! >> >> John in Racine WI >> >> >> >> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:58:21 -0800 >> >> >> >>> From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >> >>> Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list >> >>> To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> >> >>> Message-ID: <02dc01c73439$47a05aa0$0300a8c0@Accounting> >> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> >>> reply-type=original >> >>> >> >>> I would like to know if Lynn could possibly be a German last name? If >> >>> so >> >>> I >> >>> wonder how it would be spelled as I'm wondering if Lynn isn't an >> >>> Americanization. >> >>> >> >>> Sandy P >> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message